Fonts in Firefox

[pbelfi]

Hey All, I was wondering if someone could tell me how to get the web page fonts in Firefox to look like the fonts when I run Firefox in Windows. I'm using Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna BETA 021, with a screen resolution of 1280x1024, and a 19" LCD, and the fonts in Firefox kind of look crappy! The fonts on the desktop and within Linux Mint look acceptable, it's just Firefox that has a problem.......Fonts look good in Opera, but I prefer using Firefox if I could......thanks in advance for any input.

[carlos]

You might need to enable clear looks in windows XP, off by default. It helps smooth fonts and is especially good for LCDs

[pbelfi]

You might need to enable clear looks in windows XP, off by default. It helps smooth fonts and is especially good for LCDs

Sorry, maybe I didn't explain myself right in this post...but the fonts look great in Windows XP, it was Firefox in Mint Linux where I am having the problems.......I'd like to have them look like they do when I use Firefox in Windows XP....thanks

[carlos]

Ahhh well do a forum search for installing microsoft fonts. That should solve your problem.

[pbelfi]

Ahhh well do a forum search for installing microsoft fonts. That should solve your problem.

Thanks for the help Carlos, I did install the MS fonts, and while they are a little better, they're still not that great. Maybe because they are not using clear type.......thanks again for the help.

[merlwiz79]

You need to enable "sub-pixel antialiasing".
If you are using GNOME, you can find the preference in your “Systemâ€￾ menu under Preferences --> Fonts.(Not in Gnome so I may be incorrect where it is)
Also did you run

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sudo fc-cache -fv

after msttcorefonts was installed.

[pbelfi]